Causes
The economy of the north was__________ and the south was __________.
What is industrialized (north) and agricultural (south)?
Helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
First major clash of the Civil War
What is First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)?
People who campaigned against slavery
What are abolitionists?
year Lincoln was elected president
What is 1860?
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
What is South Carlolina?
General of the Union Army who accepted the South's surrender
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Union army’s inability to destroy Lee’s army at Antietam made it clear to Lincoln that McClellan would never win the war, and the president was forced to seek a replacement. Virginia Battle where General Lee defeated Union Troops
What is Antietam?
Grant hoped to use his larger army to his advantage. But at the Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to May 7, Confederate forces stopped Grant’s advance. Rather than retreating, he pushed forward. What campaign is this a part of?
What is the Virginia Campaign?
Place where the Civil War started:
What is Ft. Sumter?
His election caused southern states to secede
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Led a raid on a US Armory at Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown?
Beginning in June 1863, General Lee began to move the Army of Northern Virginia north through Maryland. The Union army—the Army of the Potomac—traveled east to end up alongside the Confederate forces. The two armies met at here where Confederate forces had gone to secure supplies. The resulting battle lasted three days, July 1–3, and remains the biggest and costliest battle ever fought in North America. What battle was this?
What is Gettysburg?
At the Battle of Cold Harbor in early June, Grant had between 100,000 and 110,000 soldiers, whereas the Confederates had slightly more than half that number. Again, the Union advance was halted, if only momentarily, as Grant awaited reinforcements. What campaign was this a part of?
What is the Virginia campaign?
Before Lincoln took office, John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky who had helped form the Constitutional Union Party during the 1860 presidential election, attempted to defuse the explosive situation by offering six constitutional amendments and a series of resolutions, known as
What is the Crittenden Compromise?
Led a revolt against plantation owners in VA
Who is Nat Turner?
Commander of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The major battle in the western theater took place at Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee, on April 6 and 7, 1862. Grant’s army was camped on the west side of the Tennessee River near a small log church called this, which gave the battle its name. What battle was this?
In April 1863, the Union began a final attempt to capture this city. On July 3, after more than a month of a Union siege, during which this town's residents hid in caves to protect themselves from the bombardment and ate their pets to stay alive. What campaign was this?
What is the Vicksburg Campaign?
City that burned right before the end of the war
What is Richmond?
1857 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that blacks could not be citizens and Congress had no jurisdiction to impede the expansion of slavery was called what?
The Dred Scott Decision
Confederate General who fought at First Battle of Bull Run
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
The war in the west continued in favor of the North in 1863. At the start of the year, Union forces controlled much of the Mississippi River. In the spring and summer of 1862, they had captured this place- the most important port in the Confederacy.
What is New Orleans?
The Union army, seeking to demoralize the South, destroyed everything in its path, despite strict instructions regarding the preservation of civilian property. We call this what?
Sherman's March to the Sea
Location of the surrender at the end of the war
What is Appomattox Court House?